July 18, 2021: The June 2021 CMA Music Festival has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, next year's CMA Music Festival is already on the calendar for June 9–12, 2022 and we fully expect it to occur (vaccinations are going pretty well here in Nashville). We will be updating our hotel/ticket offerings in the coming weeks and will begin taking reservations in early July.

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May 3, 2021: The June 2021 CMA Music Festival has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, next year's CMA Music Festival is already on the calendar for June 9–12, 2022 and we fully expect it to occur (vaccinations are going pretty well here in Nashville). We will be updating our hotel/ticket offerings in the coming weeks and will begin taking reservations in early July.

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Sept. 8, 2020: Next year's CMA Music Festival is scheduled for June 10–13, 2021 and in "the old times" before the pandemic, we had a pretty straight-forward booking procedure. You would pick your hotel and Festival seating and we'd draft a booking agreement for you specifying everything in detail. Then we'd send it to you and you'd have about a week before it was due back with your deposit. The final payment would be due in the spring. Well, times have certainly changed and we've tried to modify our procedure to factor in a certain amount of uncertainty.

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Sept. 4, 2020: The Country Music Association has announced the nominees for this year's CMA Awards and Miranda Lambert tops the list with seven nominations! Traditionally, this is one of the biggest annual music events in Nashville, but the news this week, according to various sources, is that it will take place on Nov. 11 without an audience. The announcement was shared in a letter to CMA members from CEO Sarah Trahern, who wrote that "capacity will be limited to essential personnel only and tickets will not be available for this year's show . . . We understand this news is disappointing, but know the adjustment is necessary in order to provide the safest possible environment for all involved."

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July 20, 2020: What a year so far . . . our meteorologist here in Nashville recently reported on rare dust clouds from the Sahara Desert that were clouding the skies in middle Tennessee and she said something that made us laugh: "it's just so 2020, isn't it?" Well, we're just a little over half way through this historic year and traditionally in the month after the CMA Music Festival we look at turning the odometer over and starting the countdown for next year. Of course, there was no Festival last month due to the pandemic, but we're still setting the gauge to zero and starting to look ahead. Everyone needs to dream a little and that's what we're officially beginning to do—dreaming of June 2021 in Nashville and what that will mean for Country Music lovers. Our hotel/ticket packages are now available. We'll be posting more about each offering this week to give you enticing details, but meanwhile, indulge yourself and begin planning your journey to Nashville now. We're here to answer your questions (fill out the contact form below or give us a call).

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July 15, 2020: Drum roll, please! We'll be releasing our 2021 CMA Music Festival hotel/ticket packages, including options for Gold Circle seating, next week on July 20.

 

April 8, 2020: Last week the CMA announced that the 2020 Festival would not be held this June due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We know many of you have been planning your trip to Nashville for a year or more and are keenly disappointed (even to the point of tears) that the event has been cancelled. Over the years we're had clients who have been forced to postpone their trip to Nashville because of joyous life events like weddings or births; we've also had clients who have been forced to cancel because of much sadder circumstances —a major illness or a death in the family or a job loss. In all these cases, we try to offer a note of consolation: if you miss it this time around, there's always next year.

 

The annual renewal offered by the CMA Festival has helped a lot of people. And now, it's the Festival's turn to look to us to keep the continuity going. The big event is having to take a year off because of circumstances beyond anyone's control. But it will be back. It will be back because of all of us who love Nashville and love Country Music. There's always next year and next year in this case is 2021. It will be here before we know it. So please keep your spirits up, stay safe and well, and know that Nashville ain't going anywhere. We'll be here waiting for you whenever you can come again. And we'll welcome you warmly.

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For our 2020 BlueShoe clients: we sent out emails last week regarding your hotel/ticket packages and your options for proceeding to transfer to the 2021 Festival or to request a refund. If you did not receive two separate emails from BlueShoe Nashville, please let us know and we'll resend them.

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For those interested in booking packages for 2021, we anticipate posting our new hotel/tickets packages next month (May 2020). You'll have a wonderful choice of seats (including Gold Circle) and a range of premium hotels, including the 5-Star Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville. So please check back or if you would like to be put on our mailing list, fill out the contact form below.

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March 11, 2020: Update from the Country Music Association regarding the CMA Music Festival and the coronavirus threat:

CMA is first and foremost committed to the health and safety of our fans, artists and community. We are continuously monitoring the very latest guidance from local, state and national authorities to carefully evaluate the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, we are regularly tracking travel advisories and restrictions, which currently do not include restrictions for any location in the United States.

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As of today, CMA Fest will proceed as scheduled June 4-7 in Nashville. We are taking appropriate steps to ensure festival grounds will be safe and comfortable for all attendees, including enhanced sanitation protocols and hygiene standards.

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See full statement on the CMA's website.

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